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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Tight hardcover in good condition. 8vo. 353pp. Navy blue boards and backstrip with horizontal orange ribbon on the front board and backstrip. Black & white frontispiece portrait of Alfred Nobel. Book is very tight. Boards have some wear, soiling, and edgewear with bumped corners. The front board graphics are bright & colorful. Backstrip is lightly faded and has wear & edgewear. Previous owner wrote name and address neatly on IFB. Leaves are in very good condition with no markings. Ships within 24 hours. Scanned photos available upon request.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Corners are bumped, and beginning to chip. Covers are fading around the edges, and have some general wear. Page edges are foxed. Spine has faded, and has chipping at the ends. Endpapers have browned. Spine is beginning to crack at the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Less common biography. Boards with moderate wear and sunning; pages dusty with age toning.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. 430 pages. Light foxing, soiling along page ends. Rothschild Banking Family.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. 1st. No jacket. Some wear. Very serviceable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 432 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1928. DESCRIPTION: GREEN CLOTH HARDBOUND, SPINE REBACKED IN BLACK CLOTH OVERLAYING HINGES, WHITE PEN SCRIPT TITLE AND LIBRARY MARKING OVER SPINE COVER, BLIND STAMPED CREST ON FRONT BOARD. GILT TITLE STAMP ON SPINE COVER CROWN, LIBRARY MARKINGS AT CROWN HEEL. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 1 3/4." BOOK CONDITION: GOOD; RUBBED AND SUNNED EDGE OF BOARDS, BOARDS EXPOSED AT CORNER TIPS, SOILED LEAF EDGE, SPINE A BIT SHAKEN, INTACT, CLEAN TEXT PAGES, EX LIBRARY MARKINGS. EX-LIBRARY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Although originally published by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation in 1928, this Grosset & Dunlap reprint is undated but was published sometime after 1934 judging by the presence of B&W stills on the endpapers from the motion picture filmed in the early 1930s and starring George Arliss and Boris Karloff. Small octavo in red cloth binding. Condition: a very good, tight, clean copy. 432 pages.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 3 illustrations are missing. 511 Pages. The boards are a bit shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, previous owners signatures on the front end page. Overall clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (europe, banking, history, politics, biography) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding frontispiece, xii + 511pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & inscription in pencil to ffep, binding loose).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 432 pages; Description: xii p. , 1 l. , 432 p. Front. , plates, ports. , coats of arms, facsims. 25 cm. Subjects: Rothschild family. Europe--Politics and government--1789-1900. Notes: "Notes": p. 409-427; Bibliography: p. 429-432. 3 Kg.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'The Memoirs of Baron N. Wrangel' offers a firsthand account of a pivotal era in Russian history, seen through the eyes of a nobleman who witnessed the twilight of the Romanov dynasty. Baron Nikolay Wrangel, a man of vast experience and father to the famous White Army leader General Pyotr Wrangel, provides an intimate look at the social and political landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'The Memoirs of Baron N. Wrangel' offers a firsthand account of a pivotal era in Russian history, seen through the eyes of a nobleman who witnessed the twilight of the Romanov dynasty. Baron Nikolay Wrangel, a man of vast experience and father to the famous White Army leader General Pyotr Wrangel, provides an intimate look at the social and political landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Spanning from the mid-1800s to the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution, the narrative details the intricacies of Russian court life, the shifting tides of the military, and the inevitable collapse of the old order. Wrangel's observations are both sharp and personal, capturing the essence of the Russo-Japanese War and the profound societal changes that led to the 1917 uprising. Throughout the text, the author navigates his transition from the era of serfdom to the birth of the Soviet state.This work serves as a vital historical document, preserving the perspective of the Russian aristocracy as they navigated a world in flux. Readers will find a rich tapestry of anecdotes involving some of the most prominent figures of the age, rendered with the clarity and insight of a man who was deeply embedded in the structures of the empire. It is an essential read for those interested in the human side of historical upheaval and the lost world of Imperial Russia.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo xii + 511pp., frontis.(genealogy table), b/w plates, notes, bibliog., index, Early & controversial history of the family which made its fortune in the Napoleonic wars & has been a malign influence in international affairs ever since.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 432 pages; Description: xii p. , 1 l. , 432 p. Front. , plates, ports. , coats of arms, facsims. 25 cm. Subjects: Rothschild family. Europe--Politics and government--1789-1900. Notes: "Notes": p. 409-427; Bibliography: p. 429-432. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. 8vo Cover worn and stainedr. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.Limited to 1,000 copies. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. 8vo Cover worn and stainedr. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.Limited to 1,000 copies. . . . .

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "The Memoirs of Baron N. Wrangel" offers a firsthand account of a pivotal era in Russian history, seen through the eyes of a nobleman who witnessed the twilight of the Romanov dynasty. Baron Nikolay Wrangel, a man of vast experience and father to the famous White Army leader General Pyotr Wrangel, provides an intimate look at the social and political landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Spanning from the mid-1800s to the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution, the narrative details the intricacies of Russian court life, the shifting tides of the military, and the inevitable collapse of the old order. Wrangel's observations are both sharp and personal, capturing the essence of the Russo-Japanese War and the profound societal changes that led to the 1917 uprising. Throughout the text, the author navigates his transition from the era of serfdom to the birth of the Soviet state.This work serves as a vital historical document, preserving the perspective of the Russian aristocracy as they navigated a world in flux. Readers will find a rich tapestry of anecdotes involving some of the most prominent figures of the age, rendered with the clarity and insight of a man who was deeply embedded in the structures of the empire. It is an essential read for those interested in the human side of historical upheaval and the lost world of Imperial Russia.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.